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Measurement of overweight and obesity an urban slum setting in sub-Saharan Africa: a comparison of four anthropometric indices

Published:2016-11-08 Issue:1 Volume:3 Page:
ISSN:2052-9538
Container-title:BMC Obesity
language:en
Short-container-title:BMC Obes

Author:

Haregu Tilahun Nigatu,Oti Samuel,Egondi Thaddaeus,Kyobutungi Catherine

Funder

Wellcome Trust

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Subject

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,Health Policy,Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation,Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism,Epidemiology

Link

http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1186/s40608-016-0126-0.pdf

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